Frederick Augustus Todd P113

Frederick Augustus Todd was a distinguished classical scholar who
graduated from Sydney University in 1901. He graduated from the
University of Jena in 1903. Todd was appointed as a lecturer in Latin
from the beginning of 1904, and became Acting Professor of Classics in
1920. He was appointed to the Chair in Latin in 1922, and held this
position until his death in 1944.

The following is a listing of the papers by box.
Box Description Date Range
1 "Floreat Rex" [latin version of 'God save the June 1928
King'].
1 "Campanarum Canticum" [Memorial song composed June 1928
for University by Todd] with some notes
concerning performances of the song.
1 "In sartorem" [Latin poem]. June 1928
1 Epigram on Miss Camilla Wedgwood [lecturer in May 1929
Anthropology] - drafts only, final version on
page 70.
1 "Mariae Agnus" [Latin version of 'Mary had a June 1928
little lamb'].
1 "Chloe" [Latin version of 'Little Bo-Peep']. June 1928
1 "The Bad Boy (a rhyme for Girvan 1926)": a poem 1926
written for Todd's son.
1 "Running to School (a rhyme for Peggy [Todd's 1926
eldest daughter], on her first going to
school), Feb or March 1926".
1 "Fishing (a rhyme for Helen [Todd's second 1926
daughter], recording one of her games)".
1 "Teddy in disgrace (a rhyme for Helen, 1926)". 1926
1 "The Train (a rhyme for Girvan, 1926)". 1926
1 "Little Scatterbrain (a rhyme for Helen)". 1926
1 "Evening (a rhyme for Peggy, 1926)"; Latin 1926-29
version of'Hey Diddle-Diddle', May 1926; Latin
version of 'Tom, Tom, the piper's son', May
1929.

1 Latin versions of 'Jack Sprat', 'Jack and 1929
Jill', Old Mother Hubbard', and
'Hey-Diddle-Diddle' [version of Broadbent,
Oxford].
1 "The Song of the Bells": a metrical paraphrase 1928
in English by Todd of his Campanarum Canticum.
1 "Campanarum Canticum (from the Latin of 1928
Professor Todd)": an English paraphrase by
Brenda G. Linck, typescript copy; copy in
Todd's hand, clipping of printed version in
Sydney Morning Herald of 25 April 1929.
1 Letter from Brenda Linck dated 14 June 1929, 1929
concerning her translation of Todd's Campanarum
Canticum.
1 'The Canberra Motto controversy': press 1929
clippings of letters to various newspapers,
from Todd and others, concerning the
controversy over the latin motto ('Pro rege,
lege et grege') on the Coat-of-Arms granted to
Canberra.
1 English paraphrase of Martial epigram V.25, 1927
with Latin.
1 Rudyard Kipling's "Epitaph on a Head Statesman" May 1929
in English and Latin; "The Motor Bus" by A. D.
Godley.
1 Dedicatory verse to Norman de Horne Rowlands, 1928-9
composed by Todd and inscribed in a copy of his
doctoral dissertation presented to Rowlands;
"The Hump (For Peggy when she found the world
awry)".
1 "Ausflugslied": copy of a poem in German by 1929
N[orman] de H[orne] R[owlands].
1 "Rowlands 'Ausflugslied'. Latin rendition" 1929
handwritten; printed copy of Todd's Latin
rendition from vol. 12, no. 1 (Lent term 1929)
of "The Arts Journal", a Sydney University
undergraduate paper.

1 Page from "Iris", vol. XVI No. 2 (June 1929) June 1929
containing Todd's translations of 'Jack
Spratt', 'Mother Hubbard', 'Hey Diddle Diddle',
and 'Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son'.
1 "Nursery Rhymes. This mock examination paper 1914
was composed for my sister Merle's birthday
party in 1914. Her birthday fell on March 4th."
1 Final version of epigram on Camilla Wedgwood 1929
"In Marullam Pithecanthropophagam". [see page
12].
1 "The Glasgow Hymns": Latin hymn composed by J. 1922/23?
S. Phillimore, Professor of Humanity at Glasgow
Univeristy, and Latin reply composed by Todd.
1 "The Old Man of Calcutta": a limerick July 1927
translated into Latin.
1 "Lacrimae rerum": poem, in English, written by 1930
Sir Mungo MacCallum for the Virgil Bimillenary.
In MacCallum's hand.
1 "Verses written for 'The Log'": two poems by 1919
Todd "Apology" and "A Dirge".
1 "Often": a song to the tune of 'John Peel' 1906
"written for the Sydney University Union Smoke
Concert, 5 October 1906".
1 "The First Eleven": a song to the tune 1912
'Tarpaulin packet', "written for the Sydney
University Cricket Club Smoke Concert, 16 May
1912".
1 "'Freshers' Song": a song in Latin to the tune 1911
of 'Yankee Doodle' written for the Women's
College.
1 Letter from the principal of the Women's 1929
College, S J Williams, dated 18 June 1929
1 "Impromptus for an Autograph Book". c. 1912
1 "The Amazing History of Dido, Queen of 1913
Carthage, as told by Latin I Pass Class, 1913".

1 Cutting from "The Union Recorder" of a poem 1930
"Trees" by J. Le Gay Brereton; caricature of Mr
Lance Fallow "drawn by J. Le Gay Brereton from
memory after the English Association Dinner
1929".
1 "Pythagoreisch": poem in German by P Reber. n.d.
1 "The Pythagorean Poser": an imitation of 1907
"Pythagoreisch", a poem in German by P Reber
(see previous page).
1 "Tobacco": a poem in imitation of the German 1906
drinking song 'Tobak'.
1 "Company Songs": printed and handwritten copies c. 1918
of songs written by Todd for the songbook of
the Sydney University Regiment.
1 Translation by Wellesley of page 445 of the n.d.
'Anthologia Polyglotta'.
1 "Congratulatory Addresses, etc.": Directions 1921
and examples for writing congratulatory
addresses in Latin.
1 Copy of a letter in Latin to the University of 1909
Orvieto (Spain) written by Todd for the
University Registrar.
1 Letter from Mungo MacCallum dated 13 July 1932. 1932
1 "Tully and Tullius": an epigram in Latin on July 1932
John Tully, Minister for Education in the Lang
Government 1931-2.
1 "Inscriptions": various Latin inscriptions by 1929
Todd, with his notes about the occasions on
which they were produced.
1 "The Hippo": a poem. Oct. 1929
1 "Bath Time (for Cynthia Mary [Todd's third and Oct. 1929
youngest daughter])"
1 "A Sad Dog": a poem. Nov. 1929
1 "Watching for Daddy (a rhyme for Cynthia Mary)" Nov. 1929

1 "Examination 'Howlers'". c. 1915
1 Various Latin pieces composed by Todd, 1939
including an absence note for his daughter
Helen.
1 Cutting of article by Todd entitled "Fallen 1928
Sons" from the Evening Standard of 25 April
1929.
1 Cutting of a letter composed by Todd for David 1934
Lewis, President of the SRC, printed in the
Sydney Morning Herald of 6 December 1934.
1 "Sky, 999": a poem. 1929
1 "Horace, Satires, I.v.3 ff. (a paraphrase)". n.d.
1 "Lydia, dic per omnes (Horace, Odes, I.8 a n.d.
paraphrase)".
1 "Elizabeth (Cynthia Mary's doll, given to her 1930
by her godmother Miss Munce, Xmas 1929)": a
poem.
1 "A Model Boy (with thoughts of Girvan)". 1929
1 "The Sailor and the Auk": a poem. 1939
1 Letter from Georg Goetz at Jena to Sydney 1929
University, replying to the verses on the
following page sent to him for his 80th
birthday.
1 Page from "Iris" of November 1929, containing 1929
Latin verses, presumably composed by Todd, sent
to Georg Goetz at Jena on the occasion of his
80th birthday.
1 Latin translation of an A. A. Milne poem: "John n.d.
had...".
1 "A letter to my little niece and goddaughter 1938
Helen Dibbs": letter in verse composed on 9
November 1938.
1 "The Mosquito (for Cynthia who protested that n.d.
she couldn't write a poem about a mosquito)".

1 Letter from T. W. Edgeworth David to Todd, 1926
dated 2 March 1926.
1 Acta of Cambridge University of 13 February 1926
1926 recording award of honorary D.Sc. to
Edgeworth David.
1 Latin version of Spenser's poem "Rest after 1933
toil...".
1 Notes by Todd dated June 1940, and press 1940
clipping of article "Mussolini: the Glorious
Leader" by Todd, printed in the Sydney Daily
Telegraph in May 1924.
1 "An Epigram": in Latin on J. T. Lang, NSW 1933
Premier.
1 Greek and English versions of "Terpander's 1940
Libation Hymn to the Muses and Apollo", from
Aristophanes' 'The Frogs'.
1 Press clipping of leading article entitled 1940
"Message to the French", from Sydney Morning
Herald of 23 October 1940.
1 Clipping from 'Union Recorder' of 31 October 1940
1940 of Todd's letter (originally published in
the SMH of 29 October 1940) in reply to the
leading article entitled "Message to the
French", published in the Sydney Morning Herald
of 23 October 1940.
1 Clipping from the 'Union Recorder' of 3 October 1940
1940 of Todd's review of the University
Dramatic Society's performances on 26, 27, and
28 September 1940 of "The Frogs" by
Aristophanes.
1 Clipping from the 'Union Recorder' of 19 1940
September 1940 of an article by Todd entitled
"The University in the Great War".
1 Press clipping from the 'Sydney Morning Herald' 1941
of 27 January 1941 of an article entitled "Mr
Spender's Lapses".
1 Poem entitled "Veni, vidi, vinci" on Percy 1941
Spender occasioned by Sydney Morning Herald
article on Spender (see previous item).

1 Press clipping from the 'London Times' of 15 1938
January 1938 of a letter from Lionel Curtis on
the decline of Latin.
1 Latin motto for Griffith High School. 1938
1 Latin versions of 'The Crocodile' by Lewis n.d.
Carroll in elegaic and alcaic metre (same as
page 197).
1 Letter from R. G. Howard to Todd, dated 13 1941
February 1941.
1 Letter in verse to 'Robin' dated 4 October 1941
1941.
1 Untitled poem signed 'RGH'. n.d.
1 Letter in verse to 'Robin' dated 15 October 1941
1941.
1 Poem entitled "To a Latin Professor who writes 1942
Light Verse", written by Rosemary Wares (?)
Sports Mistress at Sydney Church of England
Girls Grammar School at Moss Vale and sent to
Todd by his daughter Helen (HEW).
1 Letter in verse from Helen Todd to Rosemary n.d.
[Wares?].
1 Press clipping of Faculty of Arts exam results. n.d.
1 Poem in typescript entitled "The Message", n.d.
signed "K. to the Censor"
1 Poem in Todd's hand addressed to "Dear Pamela" 1939
with various blanks and no signature, as if
excised by the Censor.
1 Press clippings of letter from Todd published 1940
in Sydney Morning Herald of 29 October 1940,
and another from
1 Press clippings of a letter from Todd published 1940
in Sydney Morning Herald of 29 October 1940,
and another undated from W. Arundel Orchard,
both about the teaching of Latin.

1 Typescript poem in Latin entitled "Spurn not n.d.
the nobly born" signed HWG (?).
1 Poem in German entitled "Made in Germany", n.d.
unsigned.
1 Press clipping from Sydney Daily Telegraph of 1921
11 October 1921 re Todd's appointment to the
Chair of Latin.
1 Poem entitled "Phaedra Furens or Why I must n.d.
hate the moon", signed AHL.
1 Letter from JLP to Todd dated 6 July 1939. 1939
1 Invitation to Todd and his wife from the 1930
Chancellor and Senate of the University to
attend the celebration of the two thousandth
anniversary of Virgil's birth on 15 October
1930.
1 Greek rendition of 'Humpty-Dumpty' by N. de n.d.
Horne Rowland, found inside front cover.
1 Letter in verse from Todd addressed to his 1938
daughter Cynthia, dated 12 May 1938, found
inside front cover.
1 Typescript poem entitled "Veni, vidi, vici" 1941
[see volume, p. 216], found inside front cover.
1 Typescript poem entitled "Humanities", dated 22 1942
October 1942, found inside front cover.
1 Cyclostyled copy of "The Song of the Bells" n.d.
[English version of Todd's hymn Campanarum
Canticum], found inside front cover.
1 Letter from Brenda Linck, dated 4 June 1929, 1929
found at page 26.
1 Press clipping of article entitled "The Call to 1929
Arms' signed by Olor Delpus, apparently a squib
on Todd's activities over the Canberra motto
[see volume pages 29-37], dated 5 June 1929,
found at page 36.
1 Letter from Mungo MacCallum dated 9 May 1929, 1929
found at page 76.
1 Printed copy of song "The Yellow and the Blue" n.d.
by Gayley and Balfe, found at page 136.

1 Short manuscript entitled "Paullo haud diffuse n.d.
diffundenti", found at page 160.
1 "Iris", vol. XVIII, no. 5 (September 1931), 1931
(News-sheet of the Classical Association of
Victoria) containing Latin menu by Todd, found
at page 164.
1 Letter from Eric Ashby dated 1 April 1942, 1942
found at page 184.
1 Copy of a letter from D. M. MacCallum, wife of 1942
Sir Mungo MacCallum, to W. A. Selle, Registrar
of Sydney University, dated 6 October 1942,
found at page 184.
1 Letter from F. A. Bland, Professor of Public 1938
Administration, dated 7 June 1938, found at
page 218.
1 Photograph of Todd with dog, size 84 x 59 n.d.
millimetres, found at page 224.
1 'The Union Recorder' of 4 October 1962 1962
containing a reproduction of an Olive Crane
cartoon of 1917 showing Todd and Professor
Holme 'burying the hatchet' outside the
newly-opened Manning House, found at page 232.
1 Press clippings of articles about Todd's 1929
'Campanarum Canticum' from the 'London Times'
of 25 and 27 April 1929, found at page 230.
1 Press clipping of Latin poem in georgics from 1924
the 'London Times Educational Supplement' of 26
January 1929, found at page 230.
1 Front page of Todd's printed application for 1921
the Chair of Latin with a dedication to his
wife Florence, dated 13 May 1921, found at page
252.
1 Suggestion by Todd for amendment to a Greek n.d.
rendition of the limerick 'There was an old man
in a tree' by HWA, found at page 252.
1 Letter from HWA dated 11 July 1940, found at 1940
page 252.